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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington 1906

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906

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Table: TABLE VA.INFANTILE MORTALITY.Causes of Death of Infants under one year of age, grouped in monthly periods, 1906.

TABLE VA.INFANTILE MORTALITY.Causes of Death of Infants under one year of age, grouped in monthly periods, 1906.

Cause of Death.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.Decemher.Totals.
Small-pox....................................—
Chicken-pox....................................—
Measles114616641......181
Scarlet Fever....................................—
Diphtheria1..............................28
Whooping-cough11...112111...1111
Diarrhcea111...114418442292
Enteritis ......1......1......181......7
Gastritis, Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh........................1...113
Gastro-enteritis*1......1......1422......11
Premature Birth78564945635259
Atelectasis.........2...1...2....1...28
Congenital defects1112...1...8811115
Injury at birth..............................1......1
Want of breast milk............12......1...2...6
Atrophy. Debility, Marasmus28548185572242
Indigestion2.....................1...115
Tuberculous Meningitis1...2.........11......117
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica ...24.........12.........1111
Other Tuberculous Diseases1.........32...1...8......10
Erysipelas...1..............................1
Syphilis...81121...1......1...10
Rickets..................1...............1
Meningitis1......1.........481......10
Convulsions...2.........11............4
Bronchitis2...242...21...11621
Laryngitis...........................11
Pneumonia65468211224540
Other Diseases of Lungs...1.........11......1...4
Suffocation, overlaying211............1...1......6
Other violent deaths .8...1...221.........110
Dentition...122...11...............7
Other causes2112121...112115
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The diseases printed in italics are not named in the official table, but are grouped under the heading "other causes."